Designed by Berthold Wolpe and cut in one size (Pica) by
Paul Koch in 1932 and completed in 1936–1937 by
Bauer, with two sets of capitals, an (inclined) Roman and a Gothic
one. Originally called Matthias Claudius [Macmillan 2006] [Cinamon]
[Aus
dem Antiquariat] and renamed to Hyperion
before 1940, likely because of Claudius (1937). First used in Wolpe’s
Handwerkerzeichen (1936) and Schmuckstücke und
Marken (1938), and in Die Vögel (1940), an
illustrated Aristophanes edition (all published by the Bauer
foundry). [Aus
dem Antiquariat] [Hansert: Georg Hartmann]
Not released before 1952, without the Gothic caps, and
with More…
Designed by Berthold Wolpe and cut in one size (Pica) by Paul Koch in 1932 and completed in 1936–1937 by Bauer, with two sets of capitals, an (inclined) Roman and a Gothic one. Originally called Matthias Claudius [Macmillan 2006] [Cinamon] [Aus dem Antiquariat] and renamed to Hyperion before 1940, likely because of Claudius (1937). First used in Wolpe’s Handwerkerzeichen (1936) and Schmuckstücke und Marken (1938), and in Die Vögel (1940), an illustrated Aristophanes edition (all published by the Bauer foundry). [Aus dem Antiquariat] [Hansert: Georg Hartmann] Not released before 1952, without the Gothic caps, and with revised forms for ‘dfhßr’. Distributed by Neufville in Spain as Homero.
No official digitization.
